Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for LaMonte Wade Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 58	‐
VBR	# 34	# 1155

Projections

Runs	27	10
Home Runs	8	2
RBI	27	9
Stolen Bases	5	0
Batting Average	.262	.212

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 75	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 40	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 69	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 69	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 49	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 123	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	415	63

Runs	52	10

Hits	97	11

Singles	64	6

Doubles	17	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	15	2

RBI	48	12

Stolen Bases	21	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	29	14

Strikeouts	109	18

Batting Average	.234	.175

On Base Pct	.285	.325

Slugging Pct	.388	.318

On-base Plus Slugging	.673	.642

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	192	76

Runs	27	10

Hits	50	16

Singles	31	11

Doubles	10	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	2

RBI	27	9

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	12

Strikeouts	45	22

Batting Average	.262	.212

On Base Pct	.316	.329

Slugging Pct	.449	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.764	.668

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
News
	Jackson Merrill went 2-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 5-3 win over the Marlins on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	LaMonte Wade Jr. went 1-for-4 in a 9-3 win over the Rangers with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	Jackson Merrill went 3-for-4 with two runs scored in the Padres 7-2 win over the Marlins on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Astros are activating LaMonte Wade Jr. from the injured list on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Jackson Merrill went 2-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 7-6 loss against the Braves on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Astros outfielder LaMonte Wade Jr. (hamstring) will begin a rehab assignment for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Jackson Merrill went 4-for-6 with two home runs and four RBI in the Padres 19-2 win over the Royals on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Astros say LaMonte Wade Jr. is "really, really close to being activated." Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Jackson Merrill went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 4-3 loss against the Dodgers on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Astros manager Joe Espada said LaMonte Wade Jr. is recovering faster than expected. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD			LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#333
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#256
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#256	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#226	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#342
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#140
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Fri, Apr 24th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Merrill for LaMonte Wade Jr. (2026)

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